The Effect of Locomotor Games on Gross Motor Ability of Elementary School Students

Abstract

This study aims to examine the effect of locomotor games on gross motor skills of elementary school students. The design of this study used a quantitative pre-experimental design type one-group pretest-posttest. The sample in this study amounted to 20 people with. purposive sampling technique The instrument used in this study used the TGMD-2 Test of Gross Motor Development-2. The research methodology used in this study was data analysis using paired t-test statistical techniques. In the paired t-test analysis, the pretest and posttest p value = 0.000 (p <0.05). From these results it can be concluded that there is a significant positive effect of locomotor games on the gross motor of elementary school students.

Keywords

• elementary school students
• gross motoric
• locomotor games